Kozhikode girl’s painting selected for Children’s Day stamp

Painting by Anlia Theres Saji

A painting by a Kozhikode student will make it to the Children’s Day stamp brought out by the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare in connection with Children’s Day this year.

The painting by Anlia Theres Saji, a class VIII student of Alphonsa English Medium School, Thamarassery, Kozhikode, was on the theme ‘Kerala State Council for Child Welfare – 75 years of care and protection.’ It was made as part of a competition organised by the council for students from lower primary to higher secondary classes in which 13-year-old Anlia bettered 800 contestants who had made it to the final round.

A resident of Puthuppadi in Kozhikode, Anlia is the younger daughter of Saji Joseph, a teacher at Government Technical High School, Sulthan Bathery, and Mini Manuel, a teacher at Holy Family High School, Kattipara, Kozhikode.

The paintings were adjudged by Nemom Pushparaj, artist and former Lalithakala Akademi chairperson.

The Children’s Day stamp will be released on November 14 at a public programme at Nishagandhi auditorium, Kanakakkunnu, that will follow a Children’s Day rally. Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan, Minister for Women and Child Development Bindhu Krishna will be present on the occasion.

The stamp is printed by the council with the government’s permission to raise funds for the welfare of children in adoption and care centres of the council, children in need of care and protection, and those reaching its Ammathottil electronic cradles.

Published - November 11, 2026 07:40 pm IST